Category: Society

Seattle Is Dying: Drugs And Homelessness In Seattle Watch: Eric Johnson explores the impact the drug and homelessness problem is having on our city and possible solutions in “Seattle is Dying.” “This story is about…

“Sexual predation by police officers happens far more often than people in the business are willing to admit.”—Former Seattle police chief Norm Stamper How could this be happening right under our noses? That’s what readers…

A US soldier and a Vietnamese interpreter use the “waterboarding” technique on a Viet Cong suspect near Da Nang, South Vietnam, January 17, 1968. The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1791,…

María Salguero knows how to leverage her background as a geophysical engineer on behalf of women. Since 2016, she has been tracking cases of femicide (also known as feminicide) all over Mexico. Femicide is the…

Malay privilege, an entrenched bureaucracy, a recalcitrant royalty, a deep state combine The Pakatan Harapan coalition general election victory almost a year ago was supposed to herald a new reform era in a country spavined…

“The business model of for-profit health insurance depends on denying care to people who need it. These corporations can’t be reasoned with, only defeated.” In an effort to inform the public about the corporate forces…

It took the Malaysian opposition more than a generation to topple the Barisan Nasional government, led by the now-discredited United Malays National Organization. Throughout mosques, coffee shops and markets in Malaysia, there has been an…

The Associated Press contributed to this report. https://video.foxnews.com/v/6025798979001/#sp=show-clips Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., thanked those who came out in support of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., after President Trump tweeted a video edited to suggest that the Minnesota…

Abby Martin interviews former Technical Director of the National Security Agency, Bill Binney, who blew the whistle on warrantless spying years before Edward Snowden released the evidence. They discuss the US empire’s mass surveillance program…